pubs closed ahead of a strict lockdown. A huge street party just hours before the city entered tier three - or the highest stage of lockdown in England.
As the pubs closed at 10pm people flocked onto the streets around the central Concert Square singing and crowding police cars.
One clip posted on social media has the caption "Herd immunity here we come", with swathes of young people seen wildly raving on the cobbles.Ravers can be heard singing along to 1961 pop hit 'Hey!
Baby!' by Bruce Channel in another viral Snapchat video. And the Daily Mirror reports some footage appears to show people crowding round a police car as it moved through the square.
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